St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-29
where in the suburbs the same activity
in real estate improving is noticeable.

THOUSANDS OF MEN
and hundreds of carts and wagons are
eXcavating in the journey betwee n
West and South st. Paul, and along tn
line OF the Minnesota d. Northwestern n
railroad these features were prominent.
In many places that were marshy flats
a year and half ago tramwayS have
been constructed and the neighboring
bluffs have been leveled and the earth
thus obtained deposited in the softspots
in their vicinity. -
-Four hundred acres of these marshes
have been taken up by the Manitoba
company for railroad shops and other
purposes. Along the bluffs, which did
not know of such thing eli ghteen
months ago, motor line now Sc ndS its
Shrieking engines and convenient cars,
which leave the foot of jackson street
every half hour for South st. Paul.
AT South park are the car shops and
repair houses of the Minnesota & North
western railroad, all built up on re-
claimed land, which extends to the
rivers edge, and adjacent is the glove
factory of Gordon IL Ferguson, which
employees upwards of 100 hands,
it is proposed to erect three other fac
tories for as many different Industries
at this point, and all the indications
point to a most thriving and ,pqpular
settlement down to the very rivers
edge. All along the route could BE de-
scried tents occupied by the graders
who are levelmg the bluffs in the in
; terest of future generations, and some of
them were very picturesquely situated
at the mouth OF deep gorge, where
cOolneSS, shade and pure water are the
accompaniments for soothing tired souls
after a hard days work.
II Ii is marvellous TO see the results that
have been accomplished in such brief
b space of time as a yearnI OF at hest, a
year and ahalf, and on every hand the
mark.of Improvement is Visible.
Perched upon the ovefhanging bluffs
some daring spirits have Erected com
mOdiOuS twO-StOry frame or brick houses,
and from them they command a. pano-
rama which is not surpassed i'll any
section OF this country. But it is I':'
AT SOUTH ST. PAUL
that the most visible Improvement is no
ticeable, commencing with the sub
stantial stone and brick five-StOry edi-
flee to be used as a stock exchange, and
ending with the packing rooms, ice
sheds and warehouses of the st. Paul
Union stock yards. Two thousand men
have transformed the face of Nature at
this point until it would scarcely be rec
OgniZed by people who visited this local.
ity six months ago. Tons upon tons of
earth have been deposited upon the
marshes, and where the jack-snipe,
plover and curlew formerly piped and
populated, tramways are constructed to
help construct solid ground for the
buildings of commerce. In addition to
the plant of the Union stock yards at
this point, Fowler Brothers, the great
pork packers, have secured site upon
which to erect buildings commensurate
with the demands of their trade. The
iron manufactory of the Thompson IL
Holland company is also located here,
and ground has been purchased near by
for the Baldwin Locomotive works,
which means another influx of operatives
and their families.
All these people will have to be ac-
cOmmOdated when the plants become
permanent institutions and real estate
is booming everywhere along the
line OF the river in consequence of the
wonderful improvement made by the
railroads and other corporations.
One group of tenement houses, eight
in number, on the brow of hill over
looking the future city, are of the most
comfortable pattern imaginable, and
although the roofs are not yet finished,
piles OF bedding, furniture and other
household goods scattered about the
grounds convenient to them, showed
that they would
NOT REMAIN TENANTLESS
very long. Acres in the vicinity of
South st. Paul are quoted at 81 900 each,
while good building lots are in demand
and hard to secure at prices ranging
from 5000 to 800 apiece, according to
location.
The business houses in course of con-
struction are all of brick, and one row
| in particular, called Mercantile block,
would be7a credit to any city in. :, the
country. Even in places where houses
are unknown as yet, streets have been
graded, curbing set and sidewalks laid
in participation of the tide Of improve
ment, and when the bluffs have been
cut away graceful slope has been eff
fected which will in the future make
! splendid terraces for the handsome resi-
denceS that must adorn these SUBMITS.
Everywhere, as far as the eye can
reach, were gangs of men at work and
/ the fields which few months ago were
beins titled byi sturdy husbandmen
now present an impenetrable jungle of
posts with signs of leading real estate
! men of st. Paul and its environs.